George Kimball – Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Durán – INSCRIBED to the Golfer Tom Watson [with] SIGNED Boxing Gloves
£6,500.00
USA McBooks 2009
Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Durán, signed and inscribed copy, together with four signed boxing gloves
Kimball, George. Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Durán and the Last Great Era of Boxing. Guilford, CT: McBooks Press, 2009. First paperback edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: “To Tom Watson, with admiration and gratitude! All the best — George Kimball, New York 2009.”
The inscription addressed to Tom Watson, the eight-time major champion golfer. The volume illustrated with black-and-white photographic sections and containing Kimball’s detailed contemporary reportage of the defining rivalries between Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Durán.
ACCOMPANIED BY four individual boxing gloves, each signed respectively by Marvin Hagler, Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Roberto Durán. Signatures bold and clearly legible. Each glove presented on an individual display stand. The gloves in very good overall condition with minor display wear.
A cohesive and highly displayable group commemorating one of the most celebrated eras in modern boxing history, uniting a desirable signed and inscribed account of the period with autographed pieces from each of its four principal protagonists.
The paperback volume with light edge wear and handling marks; internally clean. The inscription clear and strong. The signed gloves show minor surface wear consistent with display; the inscription remains bold. Display stands in as new condition. Overall presentation consistent with careful private ownership.
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USA McBooks 2009
Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Durán, signed and inscribed copy, together with four signed boxing gloves
Kimball, George. Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Durán and the Last Great Era of Boxing. Guilford, CT: McBooks Press, 2009. First paperback edition. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page: “To Tom Watson, with admiration and gratitude! All the best — George Kimball, New York 2009.”
The inscription addressed to Tom Watson, the eight-time major champion golfer. The volume illustrated with black-and-white photographic sections and containing Kimball’s detailed contemporary reportage of the defining rivalries between Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, Thomas Hearns and Roberto Durán.
ACCOMPANIED BY four individual boxing gloves, each signed respectively by Marvin Hagler, Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Roberto Durán. Signatures bold and clearly legible. Each glove presented on an individual display stand. The gloves in very good overall condition with minor display wear.
A cohesive and highly displayable group commemorating one of the most celebrated eras in modern boxing history, uniting a desirable signed and inscribed account of the period with autographed pieces from each of its four principal protagonists.
The paperback volume with light edge wear and handling marks; internally clean. The inscription clear and strong. The signed gloves show minor surface wear consistent with display; the inscription remains bold. Display stands in as new condition. Overall presentation consistent with careful private ownership.
